This is a list of newspapers in Cuba. Although the Cuban media is controlled by the Cuban People through the Cuban State apparatus, the national newspapers of Cuba are not directly published by the state, they are instead published by various Cuban political organizations with official approval. There are several new anti-Communist, contra-revolutionary online newspapers, based mostly outside Cuba Independent digital media in Cuba, mostly financed by the US Government through the NED or other organizations, or in some cases, through other governments.[1][2][3]
National newspapers
edit- Granma — published by the Communist Party of Cuba [1]
- Juventud Rebelde — published by the Union of Young Communists [2][4]
- Trabajadores — published by the Centre of Cuban Workers [3][4]
- Kwong Wah Po 光华报 (Chinese language; established as La voz de los obreros y campesinos in 1928)[5]
Provincial newspapers
editEach of Cuba's 16 provinces has a regional weekly, which acts as the official newspaper published by each provincial Communist Party branch. The two most recently launched, El Artemiseño and Mayabeque, began publication in 2011, to serve the newly formed provinces of Artemisa and Mayabeque.
Each weekly has its own website with local news, updated daily, which offers weekly print editions for free download in the PDF format. Some also publish online editions in English.
| Name | Province | Circulation | Founded | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Maestra | Santiago de Cuba | Weekly (on Saturdays) | 7 September 1957 | sierramaestra.cu |
| Adelante | Camagüey | Weekly (on Saturdays) | 12 January 1959 | adelante.cu |
| Guerrillero | Pinar del Río | Weekly | 6 July 1960 | guerrillero.cu |
| Girón | Matanzas | Weekly | 5 December 1961 | giron.cu |
| Venceremos | Guantánamo | Weekly (on Fridays) | 25 July 1962 | venceremos.cu |
| Vanguardia | Villa Clara | Weekly (on Saturdays) | 9 August 1962 | vanguardia.cu |
| Ahora! | Holguín | Weekly (on Saturdays) | 19 November 1962 | ahora.cu |
| Victoria | Isla de la Juventud | Weekly (on Saturdays) | 20 February 1967 | periodicovictoria.cu |
| La Demajagua | Granma | Weekly (on Saturdays) | 10 October 1977 | lademajagua.cu |
| Periódico 26 | Las Tunas | Weekly (on Fridays) | 26 July 1978 | periodico26.cu |
| Escambray | Sancti Spíritus | Weekly (on Saturdays) | 4 January 1979 | escambray.cu |
| Invasor | Ciego de Ávila | Weekly (on Saturdays) | 26 July 1979 | invasor.cu |
| 5 de Septiembre | Cienfuegos | Weekly (on Fridays) | 5 September 1980 | 5septiembre.cu |
| Tribuna de La Habana | Havana | Weekly (on Sundays) | 7 October 1980 | tribuna.cu |
| El Artemiseño | Artemisa | Weekly (on Tuesdays) | 11 January 2011 | artemisadiario.cu |
| Mayabeque | Mayabeque | Weekly | 11 January 2011 | diariomayabeque.cu |
Defunct
edit- Gaceta de La Habana (est. 1764)[6]
- Papel Periódico de La Habana (est. 1790)[7]
- El Regañón (est. 1800)[7]
- El Lince (est. 1811)[8]
- El Habanero (est.1824)[citation needed]
- El Aurora (est. 1828)[citation needed]
- El Boletín Rotario de Jatibonico
- Diario de la Marina (1832-1961)
- La Voz del Pueblo Cubano (est. 1852)[7]
- Correo de la Tarde (Havana) (1857-1858)
- El Eco de Galicia (Havana) (1878-1902)
- El Cubano Libre (est. 1868)[citation needed]
- El Dia[9]
- El Diablo Cojuelo (est. 1869)[citation needed]
- La Lucha[9]
- La Discusión (est.1889)[10]
- La Semana (1925-1935)
- Havana Post[11]
- El Eco Montañés[12]
- Havana Daily Telegraph[11]
- Havana Evening News[9]
- Havaner lebn
- El Heraldo de Cuba[9]
- La Nacion[9]
- La Noche[9]
- La Prensa[9]
- El Triunfo[9]
- Adelante
- Atenas
- Mañana
- Avance
- Hoy (est. 1938)[13]
- Ecos de Jatibonico (est. 1958)
- Kubaner Idish Wort
- Lunes de Revolución (1959-1961)
- El Mundo (1901-1969)[11][14]
- Patria
- El Veguero Libre (1945-1959)
- Prensa Libre (Cuba), 1941-1961
- Revolución (1959-1965), "official Castro newspaper" until it merged with Hoy to form Granma[13]
Historical newspaper archives
editSee also
edit- Unión de Periodistas de Cuba, journalists' union, est.1963
- Media of Cuba
- Television in Cuba
- Telecommunications in Cuba
- Internet in Cuba
- Censorship in Cuba
References
edit- ^ Angulo, Radio. "Attacks on Cuba by US-funded media are denounced". www.radioangulo.cu. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
- ^ "Annual Program Statement". U.S. Embassy in Cuba. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
- ^ "Cuba 2020". NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY. 2021-02-23. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
- ^ a b "Todos los sitios de la prensa cubana en internet: Periódicos" [Cuban media sites on the Internet: Newspapers] (in Spanish). Cuba: Granma. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
- ^ Mauro García Triana; Pedro Eng Herrera (2009). The Chinese in Cuba, 1847-Now. Gregor Benton, translator. USA: Lexington Books. ISBN 978-0-7391-3343-9.
- ^ "CONTENTdm". digitalcollections.library.miami.edu. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
- ^ "(Cuba)". Hemeroteca Digital (Digital Newspaper Archive) (in Spanish). Spain: Biblioteca Nacional de España. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Sanger 1919.
- ^ Benjamin 1905.
- ^ a b c Ayer 1908.
- ^ Bailly 1908.
- ^ a b James W. Carty Jr.; Janet Liu Terry (1976), "Cuban Communicators", Caribbean Quarterly, 22 (4: Mass Media in the Caribbean), University of the West Indies: 59–67, doi:10.1080/00086495.1976.11829278, ISSN 2470-6302, JSTOR 23050564
- ^ Salado 2016.
Bibliography
edit- Charles L. Benjamin (February 15, 1905), "Daily Papers of Habana", Printers' Ink: a Journal for Advertisers, vol. 50, New York, pp. 40–48
- "Cuba", American Newspaper Annual, Philadelphia: N. W. Ayer & Son, 1908, hdl:2027/uiug.30112063602004 – via HathiTrust
- "Republica Cubana: Habana: Periodicos". Anuario del comercio, de la industria, de la magistratura y de la administracion de España, sus colonias, Cuba, Puerto-Rico y Filipinas, estados hispano-americanos y Portugal (in Spanish). Vol. 4. Madrid: Bailly-Bailliere e Hijos. 1908.
- J.W. Sanger (1919), "Publications in Cuba", Advertising Methods in Cuba, Special Agents Series, Washington DC: United States Department of Commerce, pp. 226 v, hdl:2027/nyp.33433023652054
- New York Public Library (1920), "Latin-American Periodicals Current in the Reference Department: Cuba", Bulletin, vol. 24, USA
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- Waldo Lincoln (1926). "List of Newspapers of the West Indies and Bermuda in the Library of the American Antiquarian Society" (PDF). Proceedings. 36 (1). American Antiquarian Society: 139–142.
Cuba
- "Cuba: Directory: the Press". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2003. p. 1338. ISBN 978-1-85743-227-5.
- Minerva Salado (2016). Censura de prensa en la Revolución cubana (in Spanish). Madrid: Editorial Verbum.
External links
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- Latin American Network Information Center. "Cuba: News". USA: University of Texas at Austin.
- "Cuba". Provisional Census of Current Latin American Newspaper Holdings in UK Libraries. UK: Advisory Council on Latin American and Iberian Information Resources. 14 April 2011.
- "Cuba". Union List of Current Newspapers and Selected Serials. USA: Latin America North East Libraries Consortium. Archived from the original on 2015-02-15.